Creative's InPerson WiFi Video Phone Outed by FCC

[Suhit Gupta]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/creatives-inperson-wifi-video-phone-outed-by-fcc/

"Tough luck Creative, good news Type A consumers. The FCC just outed Creative's unannounced, inPerson wireless video conferencing solution. Not only that, but they've loosed the user manual, external photos, and even splayed the device wide to reveal a VGA camera, built-in dual microphones, and TI DaVinci graphics chip. Here's what they've got coming: 802.11b/g WiFi and Ethernet, 76-degree wide-angle lens with "excellent low light performance," H.264 video with SIP support, rechargeable/removable Li-ion battery, remote control, headphone jack for privacy, and TV-out to view callers on a larger display. The battery can be charged in 5-hours for a 2-hour run when using the built-in, 7-inch, 16.7 million color LCD at 50% brightness."



Sweet device. I wish the form factor were even smaller because I am not sure that it makes for a convenient portable device in its current form. I carried around the iMate Jasjar for over a year as my primary pocketPC and cell phone, and found it to be way too bulky even though it had all the features one could imagine, including video-conferencing (albeit that this feature was not supported on Wi-Fi, it needed 3G). So I wonder how well this will be adopted. Plus, let's see how Creative prices it.

[Suhit Gupta]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/creatives-inperson-wifi-video-phone-outed-by-fcc/

"Tough luck Creative, good news Type A consumers. The FCC just outed Creative's unannounced, inPerson wireless video conferencing solution. Not only that, but they've loosed the user manual, external photos, and even splayed the device wide to reveal a VGA camera, built-in dual microphones, and TI DaVinci graphics chip. Here's what they've got coming: 802.11b/g WiFi and Ethernet, 76-degree wide-angle lens with "excellent low light performance," H.264 video with SIP support, rechargeable/removable Li-ion battery, remote control, headphone jack for privacy, and TV-out to view callers on a larger display. The battery can be charged in 5-hours for a 2-hour run when using the built-in, 7-inch, 16.7 million color LCD at 50% brightness."



Sweet device. I wish the form factor were even smaller because I am not sure that it makes for a convenient portable device in its current form. I carried around the iMate Jasjar for over a year as my primary pocketPC and cell phone, and found it to be way too bulky even though it had all the features one could imagine, including video-conferencing (albeit that this feature was not supported on Wi-Fi, it needed 3G). So I wonder how well this will be adopted. Plus, let's see how Creative prices it.